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Babylon 5: Episode Novelizations and Scriptbooks
The Coming of Shadows
A comprehensive episode-by-episode guide to the second exciting season of Babylon 5 !
Babylon 5: The Coming of Shadows, opens with “By Any Means Necessary: Making Babylon 5 on a Budget,” a behind-the-scenes account of how series creator J. Michael Straczynski and his production team bucked the system to create the extraordinary twenty-first century world that would change the face of sci-fi TV. Then, in a thrilling second season overview, experience the arrival of Bruce Boxleitner as John J. Sheridan, new captain of the Babylon 5 station, and the looming threat of the sinister Shadows.
In-depth, episode-by-episode summaries—with detailed analysis by author and B5 expert Jane Killick—cover all of the second season's twenty-two shows, including “Points of Departure,” “Spider in the Web,” “Comes the Inquisitor,” and the dramatic season finale, “The Fall of Night.”
Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure—or find out what you've been missing—with the complete companions to Babylon 5 !
Babylon 5: The Coming of Shadows, opens with “By Any Means Necessary: Making Babylon 5 on a Budget,” a behind-the-scenes account of how series creator J. Michael Straczynski and his production team bucked the system to create the extraordinary twenty-first century world that would change the face of sci-fi TV. Then, in a thrilling second season overview, experience the arrival of Bruce Boxleitner as John J. Sheridan, new captain of the Babylon 5 station, and the looming threat of the sinister Shadows.
In-depth, episode-by-episode summaries—with detailed analysis by author and B5 expert Jane Killick—cover all of the second season's twenty-two shows, including “Points of Departure,” “Spider in the Web,” “Comes the Inquisitor,” and the dramatic season finale, “The Fall of Night.”
Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure—or find out what you've been missing—with the complete companions to Babylon 5 !
200 pages, Paperback
First published April 14, 1997
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April 8, 2025
An excellent guide to season two of Babylon 5, containing plenty of insightful interviews with cast and crew.
August 4, 2021
A must read for fans of Babylon 5.
February 25, 2014
This took me ages to read - not because I wasn't enjoying it, but because I was re-watching the series repeats and waiting until I had watched the episode before reading the guide. An excellent way of combining the two and made it infinitely more enjoyable. The book itself gives a good account of most of the plotlines (a few bits are missed out of the brief summaries, but not a huge amount) and there is always a writer, actor or member of the crew to give an insight into what has just gone on. A few photos to whet the appetite too. As with the first book, I am surprised at the amount of spoilers contained in the introduction, both to series 2 itself and to the whole story arc. Luckily, I learnt my lesson the first time round and didn't read the intro until AFTER I'd read the rest of the book, but still growled a bit in frustration when I was reminded of future story lines. Still, this is probably something that would only annoy me, being in the unique position of reading and watching at the same time :) But even so, I can't wait to get onto series 3.
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